government is long on ideas but short on
performance. & a -long shot an
attempt or a guess that is
not likely to be successful but is worth trying fEiS77&*JM'J;
ft: It’s a long shot, but it
just might work. ft&JEIS', {Bi&iTfTffilo long time no 'see (informal) used to say hello to
sb you have not seen for a long time £FA7JiL7 not by a 'long chalk {BrE) (also not by a 'long shot NAmE, BrE) not nearly; not at
all £fe7; —‘7!iil7: It’s not over yet—not by a long chalk.
&^i7&77ln take a long (cool/
hard) 'look at sth to consider a problem
or possibility very carefully and without hurrying ® M It i& 7 jit ( ) : We need to take a long hard look at
all the options. mmW7#iS«ife7£g#r7 take the 'long view (of
sth) to
consider what is likely to happen or be important over a long period of time
rather than only considering the present situation /AT: to cut a long story
'short (BrE) (NAmE to make a long story
'short) (informal) used when you are
saying that you will get to the point of what you are saying quickly, without
including all the details i&; — more at broad adj., term n.,
way n.
m adv. (long-er /'lni]ga(r); NAmE 'loig-/, longest /'lnggist; NAmE 'big-/) 1 for a long
time TAife: Have
you been here long? &
M B4 fa| 7 ? 0 Stay as long
as you like. 0
The party went on
long into the night. o This may take
longer than we thought. & 7 7 71R til i4 7 fll W, 44
0 I won’t be long (= I’ll return, be
ready, etc. soon). JL tfcff o 0 How
long have
you been
waiting? 7IA7? 0
These
reforms are long
overdue. 0 2 a long time
before
or after a particular
time or event ( it 7 — 71R £& 7 \f ) tilAift: He retired long before the
war. jfa 0 It wasn’t long before she had persuaded
him
(= it only took a short time). lftfE(tki£lI7o 0 We’ll be home before long (= soon). mmmmmmr. 0 The house was pulled down long ago. 0
They
had long
since (= a long time before
the present time) moved away. 7 „ 3 used after a noun to
empha
size that sth happens for
the whole of a particular period of time (
fU ) : We had to wait all day long. 7 Cl 71# 7 ft A # C 7 0
o The baby was crying all night long. ^ JLHi&it 0 They stayed up the whole night long.
IK
o iT»rai as/so 'long as 1 only if R H : Weil go as long as the weather is good. R
J? 7 H 7 fll Ifc
A o 2 since; to the extent
that $£; 4l7; M • ■ • A ; So long as there is a
demand for these drugs, the financial incentive for drug dealers will be there. R5IX4&® IIph 71§7, for (so)'long
for (such) a long time 7
Ait; ( && ) 7 7
Rift: Will
you be away for long? # H ^ 7 M A Tr ? 0 I’m sorry I haven’t written
to you for so long, , 7& A 7 7
R7£n#^flj7o how long have you 'got? (BrE) (NAmE how long do you ' have?) (informal) used to say that sth
is going to take a long time to explain C 7 A A 7 R ( 4Bw§I7ll77RAfll?# ) : What do I think about it?
How long have you got? 7MM & ? i#AiS7, #7
X7B/f i@r? long live sb/sth used to say that you
hope sb/sth will live or last for a long time -77; •7711
7
no/any
'longer used
to say that sth which was possible or true before, is not now 7#; 7 JE: I can’t wait any longer. 7 7
fis # 7 0. o He no longer lives
here. #7#7;&JL7o so 'long (informal) goodbye L — more at laugh v.
■ verb r for sb/sth | ~ (for sb) to do sth to want sth very much
especially if it does not seem likely to happen
SOOn ( YEARN:
[V]
Lucy
had always longed for a brother. ®?H—lf[$§fl7
73M7 O He
longed for Pat to phone.
o [V to inf] I’m longing to see you
again.
7#il&# #Cj&§!i4fo — see also longed-for long. abbr. (in writing) longitude ( ) Mft;
(for) long * (for) a long time
■
Both (for) long and (for) a long time are used as
expressions of time. In positive
sentences (for)
a long time is
used. * (for) long fU (for) a long time i£J ti]IAA77Rc (for) a long time: We’ve
been friends a long time. 7 „ (For)
long is not used in positive sentences unless
it is used with too, enough, as, so, seldom, etc. * (for) long R7-V too,
enough, as, so, seldom N'T*
4I7#ae7j 7: / stayed out in the sun
for too long. 77A|S0fTT?tW7RA77o o You’ve
been waiting long enough. $ 7„ Both (for)
long and (for) a long time can be used in
questions, but (for) long is usually preferred. * (for) long 411 (for) a long
time , ffi (for) long :
Have you been waiting long? 7tilT7fe] ?
■
In negative sentences (for) a long time sometimes has a
different meaning from (for) long. 4e1TaE TJ7 (for) a long time 4n
(for) long 77l^X7IRo Compare ttilA / haven’t been here for a long time (-
It is a long time since the last time I was here). 7
7c
and fp / haven’t been here long (= I arrived here only a short time
ago). 7f|J&®$: £77Ro
Jong-a'waited adj. that people have been waiting for for a
long time $ W 4 S6 M W ) B A W : her
long-awaited new novel
long-board /'loqboid; NAmE
'lo:rjbo:rd/ noun a long board used in surfing
77^ long-boat
/'lnqbaut;
NAmE 'lo:r)bout/ noun a large rowing
boat, used especially for travelling on the sea
( mtM'W )
7 nm
long-bow /'lDijbau; NAmE
'loiqbou/ noun a large bow made
of a long thin curved piece of wood that was used in the past for shooting
arrows ( IB 77 77fij
M )
TR, 7R
.long-'distance adj. [only before noun] 1 travelling or
involving travel between places that are far apart (ft; Tl® ^ :
a
long-distance commuter jgcJBi ^±7 M
^ A 0 long-distance flights ^ 111 2 operating between
people and places that are far apart 7 : a long-distance
phone call T ik >4 ► Jong
'distance adv.: It’s a relaxing car to drive long
distance.
o to call long distance
.long-,distance 'footpath noun a route that people
can walk along to see the countryside or the coast ( %
.long di'vision noun [U] (mathematics
%k) a method of dividing one number by another in which all the stages
involved are written down T —
730
.long-drawn-1
out (also
less frequent 'long-drawn,
.drawn-'out) adj. lasting a very long time, often too long Em PROTRACTED
:
long-drawn-out negotiations 0 TpAlRi^J .long 'drink noun a cold drink that
fills a tall glass, such as lemonade
or beer 77?KJ:$4 (
)
'longed-for adj. [only before noun] that sb has been
wanting or hoping for very much #§ M ; MW B A W: the birth of a
longed-for baby — lon-gev-ity
/lDn'd3evati; NAmE lain-; loin-/ noun [u] (formal) long life; the fact of
lasting a long time 77; 7 ; J# A: We wish you both health
and longevity.
Hctf]0 He prides himself on
the longevity of the company. 7 7 7 A 7 7 M /$ 3\
mm o
long-hair /'lDr)hea(r); NAmE
‘higher/ noun a breed of cat with long hair 7%M — compare shorthair long-hand /‘lDghaend; NAmE
'loirj-/ noun [u] ordinary writing, not typed or written in shorthand # if 45 ^
( #*Fep#jgiB )